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Utriculofera Hampson

Type species: fuscapex Hampson, Sri Lanka.

Currently this genus contains the two species described below, as listed by Hampson (1900), and a number of New Guinea species added later. Both Oriental species have similar venation, with a full complement from the forewing cell, the branching system being (R3 (R4, R5)), and Rs and M1 stalked in the hindwing, M2 being lost (Fig 4e). The type species has a cup-like structure at the base of the flagellum of the male antenna, as do most of the New Guinea species, but this is lacking in the Bornean endemic, �U.�macroplaga Hampson.

Fig 4e: Utriculofera fuscapex Hampson

The two Oriental species have very different male genitalia. Those of the type species are distinguished by a very long, slender uncus, reduction of the distal three-quarters of the valve to a needle and, in the abdomen, the presence of small lateral coremata on the third segment (Fig 296). These features are absent from the second Oriental species, which has a setose structure between the valves similar to that seen in the Garudinia complex.

The female genitalia of the type species are delicate, the ductus narrow, with a slight distal expansion into the short neck of the bursa, the corpus of which is spherical and scobinate throughout.

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